Every goddamn day: 07/30/26

Michael Thurson before surgery (Photo by Robert A. Davis; used with permission)      I had rotator cuff surgery Wednesday afternoon, and wi...

     My dentist's office called after a routine cleaning and x-ray. Could I, they wondered, come back? Tomorrow. I got the sense if I sa...

     Downtown Chicago is rich in public art. You don't need me to tell you that. The instantly-beloved "Bean" — okay, "Cl...

       Apple sneaks into your living room at night and rearranges the furniture.      In the morning, you come downstairs and see the couch ...

      Sure, I watched the president speak on Thursday night.       How could you not?        "This is the historic moment," I told...

         The air downtown tasted bad on Thursday. I had to go over to police headquarters at 35th and Michigan to pick up my new press crede...

     The lion enclosure was empty. The gorillas, gone. The rhino, which can typically be found standing stolidly in the old elephant enclosu...